Climate change puts Bangladeshi farmers’ reliance on rice varieties to the test

Fifty-two-year-old Dhonjoy Mondol grows rice on his plot in the district of Sunamganj in northeastern Bangladesh. This year, he harvested 12 metric tons of rice from the 4-hectare (10-acre) plot; a few years previously, the same piece of land would have yielded double that amount. “I have been experiencing pest attacks for the last few … Continue reading Climate change puts Bangladeshi farmers’ reliance on rice varieties to the test